Friday, 30 August 2024
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” – Matthew 5:6 ESV
History tells us, while sitting under a tree in 1666, an apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head. Unlike thousands before him who experienced the same, he didn’t just accept it as a natural phenomenon. He wanted to know what causes the apple or any other object to fall to the ground. Something is obviously pulling it to the ground. This added to another question he couldn’t answer, a question that scientific knowledge couldn’t explain. Why doesn’t the moon also just fall onto the earth? Why don’t planets just float away from the earth? Realizing that no one else was or could solve these mysteries he took it upon himself to get answers. He went into seclusion and obsessed over these questions. History tells us that he locked himself into his home and never left for weeks. He would stay up all night and only slept a few hours. Rumor has it that though he came up with answers, and in the process invented calculus, this came at a huge sacrifice. Rumor has it that he became insane and had a mental breakdown. His obsession with finding solutions to problems that affected science during his time, led to his insanity. He then published a journal that would change science forever. Our current understanding of astrology is in large part of his theories and work.
“For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when GOD will reveal who his children really are” – Romans 8:9 NLT. As a child of GOD, as an ambassador for Christ on earth, do problems that plague my surrounding bother me? Do they keep me up at night? Do I lose sleep trying to figure out a solution? Do I seek the face of the LORD in fasting and supplication, asking Him to use me as a vessel for change? Jesus said, He was about His Father’s business (Luke 2:49) and that His preoccupation was to do the will of His Father (John 6:38). Seeing that the fellowship and intimacy GOD once had with His creation had been severed, He sacrificed and offered up Himself as a living sacrifice. A sacrifice that GOD accepted and honored.
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to GOD because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him” – Romans 12:1 NLT. “Give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations”, is a definition of sacrifice. We ought to give up those things that are precious to us because of other considerations. Considerations like, that the world is under the rule of someone who’s name we won’t mention; Sacrificing our comfort and seeking the face of GOD concerning the fate of our families and communities. In the same way Philippians 2 talks about putting the needs of others ahead of our needs. Crying out to the LORD and asking Him to show up through us His chosen vessels.
Like Isaac Newton before us who sacrificed everything for science that technology may be advanced, how are we sacrificing ourselves for GOD’s people? I believe most of us use the word sacrifice as a punchline, while to others it’s a lifestyle. They don’t just profess it but they live it. This is the generation that creation is waiting for. A generation that will wait on the LORD to come through. A generation that does not stop until GOD shows up.
“Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you SET YOUR MIND to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your GOD, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them” – Daniel 10:12 NIV. It all starts with SETTING our minds on what we want GOD to do for us and our community/family/country.
This is the generation that creation is waiting for. A generation that will wait on the LORD to come through. A generation that does not stop until GOD shows up.
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